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Ex-Con: Most Black Youths See Obama As 'Deadbeat' Leader
Newsmax ^ | 10/29/2014
Posted on October 30, 2014 at 12:01:30 PM EDT by Beave Meister
Most African American youths believe President Barack Obama is a "deadbeat" leader, says Paul McKinley, a member of Voices of the Ex-Offender, a grassroots group of former inmates.
"Every time they question the president about the black community, he's apologetic or embarrassed. Half of the time, I would say 97 percent of the time, he doesn't even want to say the black community exists," McKinley said Wednesday on "The Steve Malzberg Show" on Newsmax TV.
"A lot of the young people are seeing this double standard that the president has."
McKinley says black Americans have identified with the Democratic Party since the mid-1960s when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act.
"All the way up to now, black folks have been voting for the Democratic Party," he said.
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A lot of us have felt that way for years.....
1 posted on October 30, 2014 at 12:01:30 PM EDT by Beave Meister
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